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Persnickety

The newest place to get your LOs printed up is called Persnickety. I just had 135 pages printed, and am DAZZLED. The quality is wonderful, the speed was unbelievable, and the customer service is awesome.

The only tiny issue I had with them is that the LOs would not upload until I transferred them from PSE to my desktop. But that was a minor glitch for me considering how user-friendly they were otherwise. I had 8.5 x 11 prints done with a full bleed.

Lana, with 135 pages, I have to admit, I didn't inspect them with a fine tooth comb, but did not notice any clipping that was significant enough to jump out at me (& I have spent time sorting them). As to the color....I think I would say they were a little darker than on my screen, but I never expect things to appear exactly as they do on my screen. In fact, I use two monitors, and even they don't match each other perfectly. I was satisfied with what I got. But you should certainly test them out before sending them a big order.

Some of those pages had already been printed once. I am giving my DDIL a birthday gift of pages I have done of her family over the last 2.5 years. But yes, I do make a lot of pages. In the week since I sent them in, I already have 16 new pages done. Some of my pages are VERY simple however....just photos...no papers or elements except for a narrow bar to separate the pictures, and a date.

Lana, with 135 pages, I have to admit, I didn't inspect them with a fine tooth comb, but did not notice any clipping that was significant enough to jump out at me (& I have spent time sorting them). As to the color....I think I would say they were a little darker than on my screen, but I never expect things to appear exactly as they do on my screen. In fact, I use two monitors, and even they don't match each other perfectly. I was satisfied with what I got. But you should certainly test them out before sending them a big order.

I just printed 10 of my page at 12x12 size for the first time at Costco. I was disappointed at how much darker the prints were than what I see on my screen. Is this normal? Should I lighten everything up and try again or should I make a comlaint and have the pages printed again? How do Persnickety prints compare to what you see on screen? I do have a Spyder so maybe I need to use that and recalibrate my monitor.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

You need to talk to the people at Costco. They have a particular setting they make. It's been a long time since I had anything printed there, but they should know what I'm talking about.

Other than that, I could suggest you have a few test pages made at Persnickety (or other printer) to see how you like them. I have them print mine a touch lighter than "normal," and they are perfect. I remind them each time I send in an order how I like them, and they do it right.